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Worth mentioning the two just won the 2015 Turing Award:

http://amturing.acm.org/

I actually just recently spoke with Hellman for an interview. He's focusing on educating people about the risk of maintaining nuclear deterrents. Also has a new book out that might not be what you expect:

https://anewmap.com/

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Thanks for sharing the Turing Award link; agreed it's noteworthy.

Random: I met Whit Diffie at my brother's wedding a couple years ago. He was charming.

> We stand today on the brink of a revolution in cryptography.

Wow, to be able to make that the lead sentence and it turns out not to be hyperbole!

In some ways, it's an understatement. It's revolutionary, period -- not just for cryptography.
Until then you had to exchange keys ahead of time with known parties. With public/private keys, you became able to do so in real time with arbitrary third parties. I'd gather they knew full well it wouldn't hyperbole.
Thank you all for your kind words. Martin Hellman